Washington panchang, 15 May 2024
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 20:13 Moonrise 12:45 Vaishakha month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 20:13- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:43 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 11:17 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:04 – 14:51
- 07:48 Karana becomes Bava
Night
20:13 to 05:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:13 – 22:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 20:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:52 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 20:53
- Nakshatra Magha until 08:44 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 22:52
- Karana Vishti until 07:48, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 20:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:52 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:49 – 05:55
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:55 – 07:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:17 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:51
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:52 – 02:28 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:38 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:36 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:13 – 22:09
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:56 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:43 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 11:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:17 – 13:04 | Good |
| Rog | 13:04 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:51 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Char | 16:38 – 18:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:26 – 20:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:13 – 21:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:25 – 22:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:38 – 23:51 | Good |
| Char | 23:51 – 01:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:04 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:17 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:29 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:42 – 05:55 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:57 Aries
- 05:57 – 07:46 Taurus
- 07:46 – 10:04 Gemini
- 10:04 – 12:34 Cancer
- 12:34 – 15:03 Leo
- 15:03 – 17:32 Virgo
- 17:32 – 20:02 Libra
- 20:02 – 22:27 Scorpio
- 22:27 – 00:28 next day Sagittarius
- 00:28 – 02:00 next day Capricorn
- 02:00 – 03:16 next day Aquarius
- 03:16 – 04:28 next day Pisces
- 04:28 – 05:53 next day Aries
- 05:53 – 05:55 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in EDT (UTC-4) · Method